Praecis Pharmaceuticals - Ownership and Business Overview

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Praecis Pharmaceuticals Ownership

Who owns Praecis Pharmaceuticals?

Praecis Pharmaceuticals is owned by GSK. It was acquired on February 16, 2007.

Praecis Pharmaceuticals Business Overview

Where is Praecis Pharmaceuticals headquartered?

Praecis Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Waltham, Maine.

What sector is Praecis Pharmaceuticals in?

Praecis Pharmaceuticals is a life science company.

When was Praecis Pharmaceuticals founded?

Praecis Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1993.

Life Science M&A Summary in 2007

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Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

830 Winter Street,
Waltham, Maine 02451
United States,
(781)795-4100

Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on utilizing its proprietary technologies for the discovery and development of novel compounds that have the potential to address unmet medical needs or improve existing therapies. PRAECIS has a novel MetAP-2 inhibitor, PPI-2458, in clinical development for cancer indications, including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and solid tumors, an innovative drug discovery technology, DirectSelect™, which enables the generation and practical use of ultra-large libraries for the discovery of orally active compounds for drug development, and a research and development program aimed at identifying one or more selective S1P-1 agonist compounds to advance into clinical testing.


Company Summary

SECTOR

Life Science

Established

1993

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